Both Uses of
ascetic
in
Atlas Shrugged
- The face was like his words-as if the line of a single theme ran from the steady glance of the eyes, through the gaunt muscles of the cheeks, to the faintly scornful, downward curve of the mouth-the line of a ruthless asceticism.†
Chpt 1.7asceticism = the practice of extreme self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth)
- I've always known that under that ascetic look of yours you were a plain, crude sensualist who sought nothing from a woman except an animal satisfaction which I pride myself on not having given you.
Chpt 2.3 *ascetic = extremely self-denying
Definition:
someone who practices self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth); or relating to such self-denial
or:
severely plain (without decoration)
or:
severely plain (without decoration)